Human Sexuality

A law professor in Canada recently published a piece expressing concern regarding the current standard practice of requiring persons to obtain a psychological assessment prior receiving hormone replacement therapy (“HRT”) or genital surgery. This practice has been one of the … Read

The polarization in the medical field regarding what is the proper care and treatment of young people who are struggling with respect to their identity is reaching an epic level. There is seemingly no middle ground: either one believes that … Read

The push by some segments of society to gain acceptance of the notion that a person has the right, and even duty, to define himself in whatever manner he feels is fitting has resulted in an increased number of people who are personally acquainted with someone not living in accord with his or her birth-sex. So, when neighbors, friends or family members say their child is “transgender,” how should one respond in a helpful and positive way?

“Parents of a 17-year-old girl lost custody of their daughter for opposing her wish for transgender medical treatments” reads the headline. In reaching its decision, the court relied on medical professionals who testified that: “the father’s ongoing refusal to call the child by his (sic) chosen name and the parents’ rejection of the teen’s gender identity have triggered suicidal feelings…. He (sic) has been diagnosed with depression, anxiety disorder, and gender dysphoria, according to court records.” Removing the child from her parents’ custody, the court concluded, was in her best interest. Read

Senators, actors, judges, producers, ex-presidents and celebrities of all stripes…so far. Surely, there are more to come. Why so many? Why now? Perhaps decades of feminizing and adrogenizing young boys, rather than being the promised elixir which protects females from being objectified, is really the proverbial road paved with good intentions. Perhaps what we really need, both men and women, is a virtuous masculinity, one that reflects the gifts and duties of being male: to protect, to serve and to provide. Read

While researching the benefits of marriage, I was shocked to see a recommended article entitled “6 Reasons To Sext Your Husband” by Krystle Schoonveld, a military wife. Each of the 6 reasons provided is accompanied by an explanation, which, on the surface, might seem reasonable to many. However, each is not. And while her errors are not egregious or necessarily obvious, they are toxic nonetheless. Read

Standing at the base of the Olongapo mountains, hemmed in on one side by a tropical forest and on the other by rows of rice fields, lies the residence of over 40 young girls. Most are between seven and seventeen years old. The youngest, Lea, is only five. All are victims of sexual abuse. When Lea first arrived six months earlier, she was emaciated and lethargic. Now, she runs and plays, winning nearly every game of tag. But she still has scars on her forehead and skull from the abuse she experienced at home. Read

A Canadian (variously described as a transsexual or a non-binary transgender person) who does not identify as either male or female and uses the pronoun “they” to refer to [his or her]self personally and [his or her] child, is making big news, refusing to identify the sex of a child born earlier this year. Such a decision is not just an assault on clear speaking and English pronouns. It is an assault on something much more fundamental. Read

A New York State Supreme Court justice recently granted three adults shared custody of a 10-year-old boy. It seems that the biological father and his wife had an ongoing romantic relationship with a female neighbor, who conceived and bore the child; the married couple later divorced, and the two women now live together. When “contemporary forms of the family” crash into the lives of small children, what is a judge to do? Read

Today, the Virginia Supreme Court is hearing the Lafferty, et al. v. School Board of Fairfax County transgender bathroom case. Further north, the New Hampshire legislature is now following in the footsteps of bills in New Jersey and California that would ban sexual reorientation therapy for children, and a toy company is unveiling a transgender doll to market to our children. Such emotive activism attempting to legitimize gender ideology and limit the rights of others who do not agree, abounds. But, there are good things happening, too… Read